Sending Reminders
Similar to proactive events, reminders are activated out-of-session when the user isn’t actively using the skill. Unlike proactive events, reminders don’t involve a backend system. Instead, reminders are kind of like alarm clocks, triggered at a specified date and time.
In the Star Port 75 skill, we can set a reminder to remind the user that their trip is about to happen. After the user has scheduled a trip, the skill can ask them if they want to set a reminder for one day before their trip begins. We’ll start by creating a new module responsible for scheduling reminders.
Creating a Reminder
When scheduling a trip, our skill walks the user through a dialog to make sure that it has captured the destination, departure date, and ...
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